[olug] *sigh* Need a Linux / ext3 unerase tool...

[Jordan Fox]

I haven't heard of our used PhotoRec... looks like it works on the
same principles as scalpel and foremost.

Another note on my previous email... the tools will not recover file
names, so you'll only know the file type and will have to open each
one found to figure out what it is and if it's the correct copy.  This
takes a long time as the programs usually recover a lot of files.

Jordan

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com> wrote:
> ext3 is really hard to recover files from sadly. The best thing to do
> is not to write *anything* to that drive for the time being.
>
> The last time I looked, this was the best solution:
>
> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Obi-Wan <obiwan at jedi.com> wrote:
>>> In cleaning up a filesystem on an external HDD I accidentally removed a
>>> directory I wanted to keep.
>>>
>>> Anyone have any recommendations on a utility to un-erase a directory or
>>> file?
>>
>> I went through this a while back, and I seem to recall finding that
>> such a beast *couldn't* exist due to the way ext3 does journalling.
>>
>> That's what backups are for.
>>
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